ProSoft Technology 5201-MNET-101S - Manual (Page 77)

IEC-101 Slave ♦ ProLinx Communication Gateway Reference
IEC 60870-5-101 v3 Slave (Firmware version 3.xx) Protocol Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 77 of 159
August 6, 2010
Balanced and Unbalanced Modes
The gateway supports balanced and unbalanced modes. In balanced mode,
each station may initiate message transfers. If the links from the Master unit to
several slaves share a common physical channel, then these links must be
operated in an unbalanced mode to avoid the possibility of more than one device
attempting to transmit on the channel at the same time.
Select the communication mode with the following parameter:
To use balanced mode, configure the following parameters: